Features

EU's Georgia observer mission kicks off

01/10/2008

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Six weeks after the conflict between Russia and Georgia, an EU mission aimed at stabilising the region and ensuring the parties' compliance with an August cease-fire kicked off on Wednesday.
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Turkey's blocking of websites raises doubts about freedom of expression

01/10/2008

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Turkey has banned prominent British academic and evolutionist Richard Dawkins' website, the latest of hundreds of controversial internet bans that undermine freedom of expression in the EU candidate country.
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Croatia cracks down on university corruption

26/09/2008

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An unprecedented anti-corruption raid on Croatia's academic community opens up a bloggers' debate.
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Roundup

Culture and Society: Celebrations marking end of Ramadan under way in Balkans

01/10/2008

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Balkan Muslims celebrate the end of the Islamic holy month of fasting. Also in the news: a Turkish film wins the Golden Shell award, and Cypriot shooter Andri Eleftheriou takes gold at the International Sport Shooting Federation's World Cup Final in Minsk.
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Reportage

More than a financial crisis

29/09/2008

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Something akin to a "perfect storm" is in progress, exposing regulatory and policy shortcoming across a variety of fronts, writes European Parliament member and former Romanian Finance Minister Daniel Daianu.
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